Following Hikaru Utada's dominance on the Spotify Japan Viral 50 Chart last week, Lonely One feat. Utada Hikaru–her recent collaboration with Nariaki Obukuro–debuts today at the #1 spot. The track is the lead single off of Nariaki's upcoming major label debut album Bunriha no Natsu, produced by Hikaru.

Hikaru Utada's latest digital single Anata has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The certification indicates that Anata sold over 100K digital copies during the month of December.

In promotion of his upcoming debut album Bunriha no Natsu (The Secessionist's Summer), Nariaki Obukuro has created a playlist on Apple Music and Spotify titled Bunriha no Fuyu (The Secessionist's Winter).

The 30 song playlist includes 2 Hikaru Utada tracks: Fantôme standout Tomodachi along with album cut Nichiyou no Asa off of Hikaru's 2006 album Ultra Blue.

Check out the Spotify playlist here, or the Apple Music playlist below:

It's been announced that Hikaru Utada will be producing Fantôme collaborator Nariaki Obukuro's major label debut albumBunriha no Natsu, set to be released April 25 2018 via Epic Records Japan. She will also be making a guest vocal appearance on the track Lonely One feat. Utada Hikaru, a slow-burn electro-R&B jam. The song is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.

With the entirety of Hikaru Utada's back catalog now available on Spotify (though still conspicuously absent on the platform in North America), her tracks are creeping up various Spotify charts.

In particular, Spotify Japan's Viral 50 chart is currently being dominated by her music. 35 out of all 50 tracks are by Hikaru, including 8 within the top 10. Flavor of Life currently sits atop the chart at #1, while the rest of the top 10 includes such hits as traveling, Nijikan dake no Vacance, Stay Gold, and her debut single Automatic.

After a self-imposed retirement from Twitter, we are reviving UBLOG in its original format: a simple blog. Hopefully this incarnation will allow for more editorial opportunities while still bringing the latest news on Hikaru Utada and her musical endeavors.

Twitter will be used solely to tweet out what is happening on the blog.